The SNP has won the Airdrie and Shotts by-election, with Anum Qaisar-Javed elected as the new MP for the area.
Ms Javed came in first in the contest, which was sparked by the resignation of MP Neil Gray, who has now swapped Westminster for Holyrood after last week being elected as the MSP for the corresponding seat in the Scottish Parliament.
She polled 10,129 votes, ahead of Labour candidate and local councillor Kenneth Stevenson who came in second with 8,372 votes.
Conservative candidate Ben Callaghan secured 2,812 votes, with Liberal Democrat Stephen Arrundale fourth with 220 votes.
The SNP majority of 1,757 represented a cut on the victory it achieved in the seat at the 2019 election after a 2.1% swing to Labour under new Scottish leader Anas Sarwar.
Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the outcome and said on Twitter: "Massive congratulations to new SNP MP for Airdrie & Shotts."
Also speaking on Twitter shortly before the result was declared Ms Javed said: "A short while ago, I arrived at the count. As you can probably tell, I’m very tired.
"Thank you to all the staff who have worked in difficult circumstances to ensure a smooth running of the count."
Mr Gray had held the seat for the SNP in the 2019 general election, taking 45 per cent of the vote, with Labour coming second on 32 per cent, with a majority of 5,201 votes.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had also helped boost the campaign joining Ms Qaisar-Javed on Wednesday, alongside the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar was also on the campaign trail on Wednesday with Mr Stevenson.
In a speech made after votes were counted at the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell, she promised she would "fight for independence".
She added: "The initial priority has to be the Covid recovery, we have just gone through a pandemic, people have really struggled this last year.
"And as we move through the pandemic and when the time is right, then yes of course we will be looking to campaign for another independence referendum, as is the right of people of Scotland.
"Whatever the result is of that referendum, so be it, but that choice is of paramount importance."
The latest win comes after a landslide victory for the SNP in last week's Scottish Parliament election.
Calls for another independence referendum have been sounded by the SNP with the the Prime Minister under mounting pressure to give permission for another separation poll.
Ms Sturgeon had previously claimed it would be "absurd and completely outrageous" for the PM to go to court to block another referendum.
